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The Daily Dispatch: may 29, 1861., [Electronic resource], How the Southerners Treat prisoners of war. (search)
th great bravery and distinction. His father gave the grounds on which Hampden Sidney College is built. Peter Johnston lived at Longwood, Farmville, until, late in life, he received the appointment of Judge, and moved his residence to Abingdon, within his new judicial district. This appointment was made by the Legislature, and was given partly in consideration of Judge Johnston's zeal and ability as a State-rights man, exhibited in the controversies of 1798-'99, when he represented Prince Edward county in the Legislature of the State. Peter Johnston and his Revolutionary commander, the celebrated Lee, cherished a cordial regard for each other throughout their lives, and the careers of their respective sons, Gen. Robert E. Lee and Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, have been, like those of their fathers very much identified. We believe they entered West Point together, and graduated together, were alike distinguished there by talent and application, and have since devoted themselves with